Bill No. and sponsor

Education bills enacted in 89th Congress

Title

H.R. 2362 (Perkins)... To strengthen and improve educational quality and educational opportunities in the Nation's elementary and secondary schools.

H.R. 9567 (Green)..

H.R. 8283 (Gibbons).

To strengthen the educational resources of
our colleges and universities and to pro-
vide financial assistance for students in
postsecondary and higher education.
To expand the war on poverty and enhance
the effectiveness of programs under the
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.

H.R. 3708 (Fogarty)----| To provide assistance in the development of

H.R. 8131 (Brademas).
H.R. 2263 (Green) ------

new or improved programs to help older
persons through grants to the States for
community planning and services and for
training, through research, development,
or training project grants, and to establish
within the Department of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare an operating agency
to be designated as the "Administration
of the Aging."

To amend the Juvenile Delinquency and
Youth Offenses Control Act of 1961.
To provide for an objective, thorough and
nationwide analysis and reevaluation of
the extent and means of resolving the
critical shortage of qualified manpower in
the field of correctional rehabilitation.

H.R. 8310 (Daniels) ---- To amend the Vocational Rehabilitation

Act to assist in providing more flexibility
in the financing and administration of
State rehabilitation programs, and to
assist in the expansion and improvement
of services and facilities provided under
such programs, particularly for the men-
tally retarded and other groups presenting
special vocational rehabilitation prob-
lems, and for other purposes.

S. 2232 (Senator Pell). To amend the act entitled "An act to pro

Public Law
No.

89-10

89-329

89-253

89-73

89-69

89-178

89-333

89-258

vide in the Department of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare for a loan service of
captioned films for the deaf," approved
Sept. 2, 1958, as amended, in order to
further provide for a loan service of edu-
cational media for the deaf, and for other
purposes.

89-36

89-313

H.R. 7031 (Carey).................. To provide for the establishment and operation of a National Technical Institute for the Deaf.

H.R. 9022 (William D.
Ford).

To amend Public Laws 815 and 874, 81st
Cong., to provide financial assistance in
the construction and operation of public
elementary and secondary schools in
areas affected by a major disaster; to
eliminate inequities in the application of
Public Law 815 in certain military base
closings; to make uniform eligibility re-
quirements for school districts in Public
Law 874; and for other purposes.

Education bills enacted in 89th Congress-Continued

Bill No. and sponsor

Title

H.R. 5874 (Mink) ... ... ... ... ....

H.R. 9460 (Thompson of New Jersey) (S. 1483 passed in lieu).

H.R. 7743 (Dent)..

H.R. 4714 (Thompson of New Jersey).

To amend Public Law 815, 81st Cong., with
respect to the construction of school
facilities for children in Puerto Rico,
Wake Island, Guam, or the Virgin Islands
for whom local educational agencies are
unable to provide education.

To provide for the establishment of the
National Foundation on the Arts and the
Humanities to promote progress and
scholarship in the humanities and the arts
in the United States, and for other pur-
poses.

To establish a system of loan insurance and
a supplementary system of direct loans to
assist students to attend postsecondary
business, trade, technical, and other voca-
tional schools.

To amend the National Arts and Cultural
Development Act of 1964 with respect
to the authorization of appropriations
therein.

H.R. 13161 (Perkins). To strengthen and improve programs of

H.R. 14644 (Green of
Oregon).

H.R. 14050 (Pucinski).
H.R. 15111 (Gibbons).
H.R. 14643 (Brademas).

assistance for our elementary and second-
ary schools.

To amend the Higher Education Facilities
Act of 1963 to extend it for 3 years and
for other purposes; and to authorize
assistance to developing institutions.
To extend and amend the Library Services
and Construction Act.

To provide for continued progress in the
Nation's war on poverty.

Publie Law No.

89-77

89-209

89-287

89-125

89-750

89-752

89-511

89-794

To provide for the strengthening of Ameri-
can educational resources for international
studies and research.

89-698

89-694

H.R. 17190 (Carey)---

Bill No. and sponsor

To authorize the establishment and oper-
ation by Gallaudet College of a model
secondary school for the deaf to serve the
National Capital region.

Education bills passed by the House

Title

H.R. 14323 (McMillan). To amend the Vocational Rehabilitation Act to

reduce the amount of matching funds required

from the District of Columbia.

H.R. 8330 (Reid of New
York).

H.R. 10622 (Mink)..

H.R. 11322 (Gibbons)..

H.R. 9627 (Brademas).........

H.R. 9339 (Scheuer)

To amend the National Defense Education Act of
1958 to delete the loyalty oath and criminal dis-
closure provisions.
To establish a Federal sabbatical program to im-
prove the quality of teaching in the Nation's
elementary and secondary schools.

To provide a program of Federal assistance to
elementary schools throughout the Nation to
improve educational opportunities through pro-
visions for the services of child development
specialists and to provide a program of Federal
assistance for the training of such elementary
school personnel in the institutions of higher
education, and for other educational purposes.
To provide fellowships for graduate study leading
to a master's degree or doctor's degree for ele-
mentary and secondary school teachers and those
who train, guide, or supervise such teachers.1
To protect the health and well-being of the Nation's
children by establishing a special summer lunch
program.

1 Incorporated in Public Law 89-329, the Higher Education Act of 1965. Education bills reported from the subcommittees

Bill No. and sponsor

Title

H.R. 14696 (Daniels)----

H.R. 15444 (Meeds)

Creating a commission to be known as the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography.

To amend the Vocational Education Act of 1963.

First Session in Education

FULL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY

I. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS

The committee gave first priority of consideration to legislation aimed at providing a major program of assistance to elementary and secondary schools.

A. Public Law 89-10, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (H.R. 2362)

H.R. 2362, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, was introduced on January 12, 1965, by Representative Carl D. Perkins, of Kentucky. The bill was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor. It was reported out of the full committee on March 8, 1965 (Rept. No. 143). It passed the House on March 26, 1965, and the Senate on April 9, 1965. The act was approved on April 11, 1965, and became Public Law 89-10. This legislative breakthrough authorized $1.1 billion to get at the heart of the problem of national preparedness and technological change by improving educational opportunity in the schools of local school districts in which there are concentrations of educationally disadvantaged children.

The committee heard testimony and received a wealth of evidence from educational specialists as to new devices and techniques which were developed as a result of research and experimentation in education. This legislation can help broaden the application of educational innovations and encourage local school districts to employ imaginative thinking and new approaches in meeting the educational needs of poor children.

A major wedge has been made in the public school versus private school controversy. While no provision of the bill authorizes any grant for providing any service to a private institution, the bill does permit the broadening of instructional offerings under publicly sponsored auspices to elementary and secondary school students who are not enrolled in public schools.

Under the terms of the legislation, additional funds are provided for school library resources, textbooks, and other instructional materials for supplementary centers and services not now available to children living in certain communities, which services and centers will be designed to raise the quality of existing educational opportunities and to serve as model programs for the regular elementary and secondary school; for expansion of current programs of educational researches; and for strengthening State departments of education.

B. Public Law 89-313, disaster impact aid (H.R. 9022)

H.R. 9022 was introduced on June 14, 1965, by Representative William D. Ford, of Michigan. The bill was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor. It was reported from the committee

on July 1, 1965 (Rept. No. 587), and passed the House on August 30. It passed the Senate, amended, on October 1, 1965. On October 13, the House concurred in the Senate amendments with an amendment of its own. On October 15, 1965, the Senate concurred in the House amendment, and the bill was passed. It was approved by the President on November 1, 1965, and became Public Law 89-313.

The act amends Public Laws 815 and 874, 81st Congress, to provide financial assistance for the construction and operation of public elementary and secondary schools in areas affected by a major disaster; to eliminate inequities in the application of Public Law 815 in certain military base closings; to make uniform eligibility requirements for school districts covered by Public Law 874; and for other purposes.

Public Law 89-313 represents a significant expansion of the two public laws both of which had previously afforded assistance only to federally impacted areas. As a result of the new amendments, a local school district affected by a disaster may be eligible to receive assistance for school construction or operation regardless of whether the district is federally impacted.

Children enrolled in private schools which have been disrupted by major disasters may participate in public school programs which have been revived with the help of disaster funds obtained under this act.

The present act also amends Public Law 874 so that a local educational agency, regardless of the total number of children in average daily attendance at its schools, may establish basic eligibility for school operation assistance if 3 percent of the children are federally connected. Formerly, an educational agency with an average daily attendance of 35,000 or more was eligible only if at least 6 percent of its attendance was composed of federally connected children. It is expected that 12 of the largest urban school districts in the country will be affected by this change in eligibility requirements. It has been estimated that the new uniform eligibility requirements will result in the expenditure of another $18.6 million in Public Law 874 assistance.

II. PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS

The serious lag in academic achievement of children from lowincome families between the third and eighth grades was of particular concern to the committee. Recognizing the demonstrated success of Project Headstart in combating this lag, a national program carried out under title II of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, Congress authorized fiscal 1966 appropriation of $850 million for title II programs as part of the Economic Opportunity Amendments

of 1965.

Though this authorization does not earmark funds specifically for preschool projects, grants can be made from appropriated sums for programs designed to overcome cultural, linguistic, and other social problems of educationally disadvantaged preschool children.

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, while not completely oriented in this direction, does permit, under title I, wide options for local school districts to develop new and expanded preschool programs, especially programs designed to aid educationally deprived 4- and 5-year-olds from low-income families.

Under title III of the same act, supplementary services and activities may be provided for children in the preschool age group. Activities

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